Figure 1

Effect of feeding rats on high fructose (10% in drinking water), high salt (3%) diet for 12 weeks on weekly body weight (A) and thoracic aorta histopathology. (B) Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 8 for all groups). *p < 0.05 when compared to the corresponding control values, *p < 0.05 when compared to the corresponding MetS values using unpaired student t test. Arrows point to leukocyte infiltration and endothelial pyknosis.